Beit Iba, Jit, Sun 23.3.08, Afternoon
13:45 Jit Junction
No CP at this time
14:17 Beit Iba
There are few vehicles waiting to enter Nablus. The 3 pedestrian
lines are long and moving very slowly. There is no table or
soldiers in the area between the check booth and the turnstiles. So
when the men arrive they have to remove their shoe, belts, wallets,
keys, cell phones walk through the electronic detector and then open
their bag to the MP in the booth. When we ask why the soldiers are
not checking the bags on the table as the Palestinians pass the
turnstiles, we are told that there was an official check by the army
and now no soldiers stand in the area between the turnstiles and the
booth. There are many soldiers, 6 at the pedestrian CP and 8 at the
vehicle CP, but still the Palestinians are waiting a very long time,
and today in the exceptional heat, makes it even more difficult.
The soldiers are reservists, a new group we have never seen before.
There are several young men in the detention area, their IDs are
being checked and we see them all being released.
Beit Iba
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A perimeter checkpoint west of the city of Nablus. Operated from 2001 to 2009 as one of the four permanent checkpoints closing on Nablus: Beit Furik and Awarta to the east and Hawara to the south. A pedestrian-only checkpoint, where MachsomWatch volunteers were present daily for several hours in the morning and afternoon to document the thousands of Palestinians waiting for hours in long queues with no shelter in the heat or rain, to leave the district city for anywhere else in the West Bank. From March 2009, as part of the easing of the Palestinian movement in the West Bank, it was abolished, without a trace, and without any adverse change in the security situation.
Jun-4-2014Beit-Iba checkpoint 22.04.04
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Jit Junction
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The checkpoint is located on Route 60 near at the junction with Route 55, near the village of Jit. There was a checkpoint for vehicles passing between the north and south of the West Bank, which was abolished towards 2010. Since then, surprise checkpoints have been set up there from time to time with a police or Border Police vehicle, and vehicles and their passengers are inspected.
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